Monthly Archives: April 2012

Last week found W2GD and myself out in Stillwater, OK, where we’d gone to replace all of K5KC’s wind-damaged OptiBeam HF antennas. Ken has two towers–a rotating 185-footer and a stationary 200-footer. The rotating tower carries beams for 6 through … Continue reading →

Headed down to Aiken, SC, to the home of N2ZZ, who suffered an interesting (to me, anyway) fatality last year, when his 70-ft, unguyed Rohn 25G tower came over. Not much of a surprise there, but it stood the test … Continue reading →

Headed down to SC, to W4UNP’s place, actually, to take down Bill’s Mosley 40M Yagi, to be replaced by a Tennadyne VHF/UHF log periodic. Long-time friend K4MQG came over to help out with the ground crew work. In a few … Continue reading →

Juggling several projects at once… Trying to rent suitably-sized trailer to haul 200 feet of 55G to K7BV’s new NC home… Building PolyPhaser-filled Hoffman box for N2ZZ & prepping Heliax…along with several other aspects of his installation… Honey-do chores that … Continue reading →

Met up with W2GD at KF3B’s QTH, where the main task before us was taking down his large (60-ft boom) 20M Yagi from 182-ft. Of course, the usual plan of action with such large beams is to utilize mechanized help, … Continue reading →